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The Guardian
Which is the world's most indigenous city?
The Guardian
Most cities are indigenous, insofar as they are built on the lands of dispossessed first peoples. Paul Daley, Guardian Australia's leading voice on indigenous history, explores whether a city's 'indigeneity' is just a matter of population – or if ...

Indigenous students head to space camp
The West Australian
They and two other indigenous students from South Australia are off to space camp, joining more than 100 students from around the world in Huntsville, Alabama, for a week of space-related activities designed to inspire the next generation of explorers, ...

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Mashable
Google Doodle features eminent Australian indigenous rights leader
Mashable
On what would have been Eddie Mabo's 80th birthday, Google Australia has featured the Australian indigenous rights campaigner as Wednesday's Google Doodle. Born in the Torres Strait Islands in northern Australia, Mabo's name is synonymous with the ...
Google honours Eddie MaboNEWS.com.au
Today would have been Eddie Mabo's 80th birthday. Image Credit: GoogleAustralian Geographic
Google Celebrates The Legacy Of Eddie MaboGizmodo Australia
Daily Mail -The Guardian
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NEWS.com.au
Indigenous students head to space camp
NEWS.com.au
They and two other indigenous students from South Australia are off to space camp, joining more than 100 students from around the world in Huntsville, Alabama, for a week of space-related activities designed to inspire the next generation of explorers, ...

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New Matilda
Stolen Generations A 'Myth', Aboriginal People 'Better Off Before '60s', Says Federal Candidate
New Matilda
A candidate for the Australian Liberty Alliance (ALA) has told New Matilda that Aboriginal people were better off before the 1960s and that the Stolen Generations are “basically a myth”, after being quoted in a local paper as observing that treating ...

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BuzzFeed News
Liberal MP Accused Of Ignoring Indigenous Suicide Capital Of The World
BuzzFeed News
Martin was the first Aboriginal woman elected to the West Australian parliament as the member for the Kimberley and has deep family connections to Aboriginal communities within the electorate. One of those connections is to Julieka Dhu, the 22-year-old ...
Treaty ... the way forwardThe Guardian (Australia)

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BuzzFeed News
Liberal MP Accused Of Ignoring Indigenous Suicide Capital Of The World
BuzzFeed News
Martin was the first Aboriginal woman elected to the West Australian parliament as the member for the Kimberley and has deep family connections to Aboriginal communities within the electorate. One of those connections is to Julieka Dhu, the 22-year-old ...
Treaty ... the way forwardThe Guardian (Australia)

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International Business Times AU
Southeast Asia's 'Deep Skull' resembles ancestors of Indigenous Borneans and not Australians
International Business Times AU
It shows the Deep Skull is from a middle-aged female rather than a teenage boy, and has few similarities to Indigenous Australians. Instead, it more closely resembles people today from more northerly parts of South-East Asia,” Curnoe said in a statement.
Ancient 'Deep Skull' from Borneo Full of SurprisesR & D Magazine
37000-Year-Old Human Skull Could Rewrite the Prehistory of Southeast AsiaThe Science Explorer

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The Guardian
Aboriginal landowners criticise Northern Land Council over drill permit
The Guardian
In March 2015, the NT government granted the region's first petroleum exploration permits on Aboriginal land. One, covering areas within the Alawa land trust and the Mangarrayi land trust, was granted to Jacaranda Minerals and Minerals Australia, ...

Indigenous Australian MC/Producer Trials Is Breaking Barriers Down Under
The Source
Born in Australia, Trials grew up in south Wales from three until 11 as the only Black kid in a white classroom, dealing with racism both in the UK and back in Australia. Trials' Indigenous heritage is held closely to him and is consciously touched on ...

Sourceable
Supporting Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Australian Construction
Sourceable
However, growth in Indigenous self-employment has been slow in Australia at only 0.3 per cent over the last decade. At the time of the last census, only six per cent of employed Indigenous Australians (around 9,000) were operating businesses, compared ...

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The Australian
Indigenous families putting bashers ahead of victims: Jacinta Price
The Australian
Indigenous Australians must take responsibility for high levels of violence within their communities rather than looking for “constitutional recognition or treaties or governments to solve the problem”, the daughter of one of the country's most ...

Emus set indigenous art pecking order - The West Australian
The West Australian
Mr Day also pointed to Revealed, the indigenous art market in April at the Fremantle Arts Centre, which tripled sales and attendances from the previous year. Revealed showcased artists from more than 20 WA Aboriginal art centres and recorded $367,000 ...

Australia Network News
Ancient 'Deep Skull' From Borneo Not Related to Indigenous Australians
Australia Network News
The first inhabitants in Borneo in Southeast Asia may not actually be related to Indigenous or Aboriginal Australians, according to a study published on June 27 in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. The revelation is the result of ...
Borneo's 37000-year-old Deep Skull not related to Indigenous AustraliansInternational Business Times UK
Ancient 'Deep Skull' not related to indigenous AustraliansTimes of India
'Deep Skull' not related to indigenous AustraliansChandigarh Tribune
I4U News -NH Voice
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International Business Times UK
Borneo's 37000-year-old Deep Skull not related to Indigenous Australians
International Business Times UK
New analysis of the oldest modern human skull discovered on Borneo in South-East Asia challenges the long-held view that the first modern inhabitants of the island were related to Indigenous, or Aboriginal, Australians. The scientists say closer ...
Ancient 'Deep Skull' not related to indigenous AustraliansTimes of India
'Deep Skull' not related to indigenous AustraliansChandigarh Tribune
Oldest Modern Human Skull Was Not Related to Indigenous AustraliansI4U News
NH Voice -Daily Mail -Science Daily
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I4U News
'Deep Skull' not related to indigenous Australians
Chandigarh Tribune
It shows the Deep Skull is from a middle-aged female rather than a teenage boy, and has few similarities to Indigenous Australians. Instead, it more closely resembles people today from more northerly parts of South-East Asia," Curnoe noted. — IANS ...
Oldest Modern Human Skull Was Not Related to Indigenous AustraliansI4U News
Researchers find Deep Skull did not belong to Indigenous AustraliansNH Voice
Borneo 37k-year-old skull may be evidence ancient Aborigines were not first to settle in PacificDaily Mail
Phys.Org
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ABC Message Stick
Remote Aboriginal aged care painting project drives intergenerational learning
ABC Message Stick
An aged care painting project in a remote Western Australian Aboriginal community is helping to reconnect families and drive intergeneration learning. Wanarn is a small Aboriginal community in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands in the central desert region of ...

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Daily Mail
Borneo 37k-year-old skull may be evidence ancient Aborigines were not first to settle in Pacific
Daily Mail
The skull fragments are thought to belong to one of the first members of our species to arrive on the tropical island of Borneo – long believed to be related to Aboriginal Australians. But a new study of the bones, which belong to an individual ...

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Gizmodo Australia
The Sydney Science Festival Will Feature Brian Cox, Indigenous Knowledge
Gizmodo Australia
Some of the world's leading names in science including Australia's hottest scientist, Dr Alan Duffy, British physicist Brian Cox, Genspace co-founder and director, New York's Dr. Ellen Jorgensen, Australian favourite, Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki will feature ...

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ABC Online
Indigenous suicide rates in remote WA communities among worst in world, report finds
ABC Online
Suicide rates for Aboriginal people in remote Western Australia are among the worst in the world and are set to double by the end of the decade, a report has found. The report also found instances of self-harm were 10 times higher than levels reported ...
Suicide rate of indigenous people in Western Australia one of the highest in the worldDaily Mail
Indigenous treaty merits election debateThe Age
Australian region's indigenous suicide rates worst in worldBusiness Standard
The Conversation AU -SBS -The Sunshine Coast Daily
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